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Online and in-person events from international book industry magazine Publishing Perspectives

PP Forum at Frankfurt 2023

18–20 October, 2023 at the Frankfurt Book Fair: This three-day program takes place in the Congress Center, Level 2, Room Spektrum. See our program schedule below. In addition to our regular international programming, the PP Forum is hosting:

  • Kids Mini-Conference on Wed. afternoon
  • Audio Mini-Conference on Thu. afternoon
  • Scholarly publishing program on Fri. morning

This program is FREE for all registered Frankfurt Book Fair attendees.

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Featured Speakers

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Nihar Malaviya
CEO, Penguin Random House — USA
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Kim Chongsatitwatana
CEO, Nanmeebooks — Thailand
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Peter Warwick
CEO, Scholastic — USA
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Anna Soler-Pont
Founder, Pontas Literary & Film Agency — Spain
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Jes Wolfe
CEO and Chairwoman, Rebel Girls — USA
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Nadim Sadek
Founder and CEO, Shimmr AI — UK
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Maria Garbutt-Lucero
Publicity Director, Sceptre/Hodder & Stoughton — UK
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Pedro Sobral
CEO, Grupo Leya — Portugal

Program: PP Forum at Frankfurt 2023

Select a date below to see that day's program:
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Session Info

10:00 - 10:45 am

Executive Talk: Nihar Malaviya, CEO, Penguin Random House

  • Nihar Malaviya, CEO, Penguin Random House — United States
  • Moderator: Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Perspectives — United States

11:00 - 11:45 am

Independent Publishing Around the World

  • Sharky Chen, Founder, Comma Books; President, Indie Publishers Association of Taiwan
  • Tom Kraushaar, Publishing Director, Klett-Cotta — Germany
  • Sevani Matos, President, Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL) — Brazil
  • Melissa Wakhu, CEO, Sol Kids Africa — Kenya
  • Moderator: Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Perspectives — United States

12:00 – 12:45 pm

Engaging the Next Generation of Readers

  • Maria Garbutt-Lucero, Founder, ESEA Publishing Network; Publicity Director, Sceptre/Hodder & Stoughton — United Kingdom
  • Sean McManus, President, Dreamscape Media — United States
  • Jes Wolfe, CEO and Chairwoman, Rebel Girls — United States
  • Moderator: Erin Cox, US publicist, Frankfurt Book Fair — United States

1:00 - 1:45 pm

Rights and Translation in the Arab World
Supported by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award

  • Lina Chebaro, Rights Director and Chief Editor, Arab Scientific Publishers — Lebanon
  • Yasmina Jraissati, Literary Agent and Founder, RAYA Agency — United Arab Emirates
  • Michel Moushabeck, Founder, Interlink Publishing — United States
  • Moderator: Hannah Johnson, Publisher, Publishing Perspectives

2:00 - 2:20 pm

Kids Mini-Conference: Peter Warwick in Conversation

  • Peter Warwick, CEO, Scholastic — United States
  • Moderator: Hannah Johnson, Publisher, Publishing Perspectives

2:25 - 3:10 pm

Kids Mini-Conference: Marketing Books to Schools
in partnership with BookMachine

  • Mariam AlObeidli, Managing Director, Kalimat Group — United Arab Emirates
  • Hilary Fine, Education Development Director, DK — United Kingdom
  • Eduardo Kruel Rodrigues, Senior Manager, Saber Educação; Chair of the Educational Publishers Forum of Latin America — Brazil
  • Moderator: Laura Summers, Director and Co-Founder, BookMachine — United Kingdom

3:15 - 4:00 pm

Kids Mini-Conference: Global Growth in Comics and Graphic Novels

  • Tina McIntyre, Interim Head of Global Publishing and Head of Marketing, Wattpad WEBTOON Studios — United States
  • David Saylor, VP, Creative Director | Publisher, Graphix / Scholastic — United States
  • Alessandra Sternfeld, CEO and Founder, Am-Book — United States
  • Moderator: Erin Cox, US publicist, Frankfurt Book Fair — United States

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More from the PP Forum

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Images from the 2022 PP Forum at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Join international trade magazine Publishing Perspectives at our ongoing series of in-person and online events that highlight people, issues, and trends shaping the international publishing industry.

The Forum debuted at the 2022 Frankfurter Buchmesse with two days of talks with industry executives, independent publishers and entrepreneurs, and people building tech platforms that power the book business.

Interested in working with us? Contact Hannah Johnson, hannah@publishingperspectives.com.